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  1. If you have white pants/sweatpant and a long-sleeve white shirt, electrical tape, a paper plate, and a Sharpie, he could be a stick figure. That's what my son was when he was 8. :)
  2. In an ideal world, I'd go to bed at 1:00-ish and get up at 9:00-ish. This doesn't work, though, because I live with a couple morning people and have some morning obligations. So this is what I've become: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. 4th grader here, and two weeks in, our schedule is looking like this: Morning work: 15 minutes -- handwriting sheet, review spelling words, review Latin vocabulary Bible: 15 minutes Math: 30-45 minutes (Singapore Standards 4A) Reading: 30 minutes (BJU Reading) Spelling/Grammar/Writing: 60-75 minutes (Abeka Spelling, Rod & Staff Grammar, Writing & Rhetoric: Narrative 1) History: 20-30 minutes (Notgrass -- reading, map work, timelines, review questions) Science: 20 minutes (Sonlight) Latin: 20 minutes (Latin for Children A) Other: 30 minutes (Health, Art, Reading & Reasoning, done on various days) Then, later in the day, he practices piano (20 minutes), and does about 20-30 minutes independent work (reading, poetry memorization, and any studying for quizzes or tests). We start at 8:00 and are usually done with the bulk by 12:00 or 12:30. Monday's are usually longer than other days. He also gets a break after math to work off some energy. There is more I'd like us to do, but I feel like we really hit things hard for a good four hours and I don't want to overwhelm him or stress him out.
  4. We start tomorrow. But I am already feeling the need to nap preemptively.
  5. We did the 4th grade book last year. I had him do parts A, B, and C on consecutive days, and then a test the next. If he got a 100%, we moved on to the next chapter the following day (with the goal of finishing the book early). If not, we'd review whatever needed to be reviewed and retest the next day. So every chapter took 4-5 days.
  6. Around age 14. We were just getting to the point where he was going on more trips or just not at home for long stretches, and I was texting the dumb phone too often to check up on him. So we upgraded to smart phone (though used parental controls to block internet) so I could track him without bugging him as much. It was all about my issues. :)
  7. My 10-year-old DS has been reading the Warriors series and the Owls of Ga'Hoole. Lately, though, he's been reading more nonfiction -- mostly reference books about birds, since that's his current "thing." We're reading the Chronicles of Prydain in our evening read-aloud time...on the last book now.
  8. Yes, yes, yes. It seems that every woman I know loves going to get her haircut and spending hours at the salon. I, however, hate it. It feels awkward all around. The small talk, the mirrors, the room full of people. Ugh. I avoid it for as long as possible, even cutting my own bangs (badly) until I just have to go in again.
  9. My husband forwarded me his Amazon email, excited about the $6 he got. Then I had to confess I got $71. Now he's wondering how many ebooks I am buying. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  10. I'm the same way about being early. :) (And actually, my son is too, so I'm not worried that he'll put it off forever...just for a now.) He watched his senior friends last year wait until the last minute, be completely stressed out, apply at a ton of schools and have a hard time making decisions... and he wants nothing to do with that. So once he's recovered from junior year, I do think he'll be ready to get things done and out of the way. I do think there will always be some amount of stress that goes with this process, though. ;) All the best to yours as well!
  11. I'm so sorry. Sending hugs. Parenting is hard. :grouphug: Also, screaming is okay. Sometimes, it just has to come out.
  12. Leather, although I can live with cloth as well. My top considerations are ease of cleaning and having heated seats in the winter. Yes, they get hot in the summer, but for some reason, that's easier for me to handle than being so, so cold in the winter. :)
  13. I'm so impressed with those who are making progress on these already. I'm having a hard time motivating my rising senior to work on anything extra right now (outside of job, mowing, etc.). My goal at this point is to get going in July...
  14. Ah, this is good to know. I have a few IEW products on my list. Free shipping definitely helps.
  15. We all love cheese in our house, and if money were no object (well, and calories/health), we'd buy an assortment every week. We have an annual tradition of buying a bunch of different cheese for New Year's Eve, and sampling them while we play board games, watch movies, etc. It's a special treat that we all look forward to.
  16. I have a good friend who did this for a few years and she absolutely loved it. She enjoyed meeting so many different people, showing them kindness and support when they often needed it the most, and the exercise was an added bonus. She recently switched jobs because she needed more regular hours, but she definitely misses it.
  17. We've been making our way through the Chronicles of Prydain (Lloyd Alexander) and just started the final book, The High King, this week.
  18. We jumped into Singapore 3A/3B (Standards Edition) this past year (first year homeschooling, after pulling from private school). I was really overwhelmed at first as well. I started the year by planning out all the lessons, reading ahead, preparing manipulative, etc. But after a few months, I'd just open the HIG and Textbook when we started in the morning and wing it, using all the pieces my son seemed to need for that particular lesson. I think there's an adjustment / learning curve, but once you've done it for a while, it's not so bad.
  19. This exact thing happened to me, too. Mr. Robot looked like something right up my alley -- a little geeky, a good drama. And then...oops. Didn't need that in my head.
  20. I worked on it all year with my 9-year-old, with very little progress. The problem here is that he is a VERY fast typer -- in his own homegrown method. He's been "writing books" since he was in preschool, so has developed all kinds of his own typing quirks and habits that are hard to overcome. So when he has to learn touch-typing according to a completely different approach, he gets easily frustrated. I would love for him to learn touch-typing so that he can easily type without looking at the keyboard at all, but it is an uphill battle right now. I've considered waiting until he's older and trying again... we really didn't get very far at all this year.
  21. Very cool. I'm collecting sneaky ways to keep us learning during our summer break and this is going on the list. Thanks for sharing!
  22. I agree with others to be friendly and make a point of being available to talk and/or listen. I don't think I'd mention that particular incident, but focus instead on just being a kind neighbor.
  23. Yes! This has absolutely happened to me. There have been some narrators' voices that are just SO annoying / unbearable. I have found that some are "mildly annoying" and if I stick with it, the overall experience can outweigh the voice, but there are other times when no amount of trying works for me. I just can't continue the book.
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